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This weekend was supposed to be Mom’s Weekend at the University of Illinois, and Mom’s Weekend typically features a flower show at the stock pavillion. With the world being canceled, they’ve moved the show online …

c-u pARTners is a powerful example of what our community does best: collaborate to find creative solutions. This new hub facilitates partnerships between local artists and local business that produce unique products and packages that …

Polyvinyl Record Company and a few artists on the label — Jay Som, Julia Jacklin, and American Football — have been nominated in the 2020 A2IM Libera Awards, Billboard reports this morning. The C-U hometown label is …

Arts for Illinois is “a collaboration between the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, private philanthropy and you to support the arts community during the COVID-19 crisis.” You can donate to the program, which …

Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery has an online store now. You can order your favorite cheeses and support a local farm and creamery. I am eyeing their Stay-At-Home Gourmet Survival Kit ($38.50) which includes two kinds of cheese, …

In honor of National Poetry Month, Haiku from Home, a virtual poetry write and share program, invites local poets of all ages and experience to participate via a new Facebook event page. This is a great …

Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore on University Avenue is closed for the duration of this statewide shutdown of non-essential businesses to help stop the spread of COVID-19. While it is sad to see, it appears that …

Kudos to the Champaign Park District for sharing a great resource that harnesses the healing power of art to get us through these challenging times. Check out the 100 free art therapy exercises and draw/color/collage your …

In this new COVID-19 pandemic world, I’m finding it hard to get away from screens and news feeds. There’s an onslaught of terrible news from everywhere. Globally we are all doing much of the same, …